New Ebbsfleet boss Danny Searle has only been in charge for two games but he’s not afraid to make big decisions. Searle was named permanent manager on Tuesday - just a fortnight after initially replacing Dennis Kutrieb on an interim basis.
But he’s made such a big impression since arriving at Stonebridge Road that Ebbsfleet couldn’t look anywhere else. Searle has already demonstrated a bold managerial style.
He set his team up with an attacking 3-5-2 formation at runaway National League leaders Chesterfield on Saturday. But, realising that his team were in danger of being swept away, Searle changed his formation as soon as Chesterfield went 2-1 up.
He knew he couldn’t afford to wait until half-time. By the time the Fleet restarted the game, Ben Chapman moved to right-back, Rakish Bingham had dropped back into midfield and Fleet reverted to a 4-5-1 line-up. “We prepped for it,” revealed Searle, who planned the potential change with assistant Anwar Uddin, coach Chris Solly and goalkeeping coach Jeff Richardson. “We did it in our pre-match and said if I make the call then everyone needs to know where they’re going to go.